Ecolinguistic Problems of the North Caucasus in the Context of Language Policy

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ID3024377
AuthorsAysa I Khalidov (corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume10
Issue1
Pages25-39
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Siberian Federal University Humanities & Social Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1997-1370 • E-ISSN: 2313-6014
PublisherSiberian Federal University (PUBLISHER • RU)
DOI10.17516/1997-1370-0003
OpenAlexW2583288297
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

The paper is devoted to the study of language ecology of the North Caucasus in the context of language policy. The following problems have been identified among the main ecolinguistic issues: many languages of the peoples of Russia are facing the threat of extinction or are endangered; the actual ethnic composition of the population and the number of languages in the country have not been identified yet; in the conditions of irresistible globalization there is little chance of small ethnic groups’ languages survival, the groups having neither written language nor the language of official status; ethnicity is doomed to extinction as their language is falling out of use, yet it is the main bearer of the cultural code of the people. The paper concludes that the threat to the Russian language and culture from other peoples and their cultures seems exaggerated. In relation to the urgency of preserving the Russian language as the state language and the language of interethnic communication in the country as a whole as well as in the republics, it is vital to consider the importance of preservation of all the languages spoken by the peoples of Russia and create the conditions for their further development

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